A pair of crashes on steep descents helped decide the finish for a breakaway at the Giro d'Italia bike race.
Spanish cyclist Joan Horrach of Caisse d'Epargne won the 106-mile stage from Livorno to Sestri Levante on Friday as Ivan Basso arrived seven minutes later with his overall lead safely intact. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/19/spanish-rider-takes-giro-ditalia-bike-race-stage-win/
German cyclist Jan Ullrich used the Giro d'Italia on Thursday to tell us he's ready for the Tour de France.
Ullrich won the 31-mile individual time trial from Pontedera to Pisa and back again, beating the closest finisher, current Giro leader Ivan Basso, by 28 seconds, and everyone else by more than a minute. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/18/jan-ullrich-sends-message-at-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
Jan Ullrich preparing to ride in 2006 Giro d'Italia. More Giro pictures at T-Mobile website.
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When the Los Angeles-based Ditty Bops say they're taking their show on the road, they're talking about a long-distance bike tour.
The girl band duo is known for their love of bicycles; now they're combining the tour to promote their new CD — Moon Over the Freeway — with a cross-country bike ride. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/18/ditty-bops-go-on-bicycle-tour/
Smash-and-grab thieves broke into three bicycle stores in the Silicon Valley area in the past few weeks.
A total $44,000 worth of bicycles and bike gear has been stolen in the burglaries — 2 the night of April 28 and one on May 3. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/17/bike-store-robberies-evidence-that-high-gasoline-prices-make-bikes-more-valuable/
It doesn't seem to happen often, but sometimes the cyclists in a breakaway beat the peloton. It helps if the lead group contains about 20 bike riders, as it did Tuesday in Stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia bike race.
After sitting in the breakaway all day, Franco Pellizotti of the Liquigas team attacked on the uphill finish in Peschici and sprinted over the finish. Although he moved up from 32nd place, displacing 4th place Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery), Team CSC's Ivan Basso still holds the overall lead. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/16/sometimes-the-breakaway-wins-at-giro-ditalia-bike-race/
Pellizotti is a member of the Liquigas team.
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President Bush received gifts valued at more than $17,000 last year, but the most expensive was a Trek mountain bike.
The commander in chief of Peloton One received a $5,474 mountain bike from John Burke, president of the Trek Bicycle Corporation. Bush also received two pairs of cycling shoes, valued at $515, from the Trek Nike Cycling Division. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/16/bushs-most-expensive-gift-a-bicycle/
The Erie Canal in New York state may have been known as Clinton's Folly when it opened in 1825, but the canalway has turned into a boon for cyclists and those who cater to them.
Nearly 250 miles of canal route towpaths between Buffalo and Albany has been paved for cyclists, who spend between $100 to $300 a day during their visits, according to the state Canal Corporation. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/05/15/bicycling-the-erie-canal-pave-it-and-they-will-come/
The Erie Canalway Trail runs 245 miles from Buffalo to Albany. More at Canalway Trail and Corridor website.
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